The first character in this term is often written with the grass radical (#140) on top, and some dictionaries, such as the ZDG, list it that way. (1) Compassion, especially the selfless compassion of the buddhas and bodhisattvas, where self-benefit is fully abandoned for the sake of saving all sentient beings (karun!a^, maitri^). Transcribed as 迦楼那. (2) The two logographs in this word are some times separated into the meanings of "kindness" 慈 (maitri^) and "pity" 悲 (karun!a^). Kihwa gives a full analysis of this term in the Chapter of Maitreya 弥勒 in his Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment 圆觉经说谊.